Just by reading the first line of the letter, Master Shui's expression became extremely ugly. His face turned ashen, and cold sweat began to roll down his forehead!
For some reason, even though Master Shui was angry, afraid, and unwilling, he still persevered and read the letter. It was only a few sentences long, but the meaning of the letter was very clear.
When he finished reading the last word of the letter, Master Shui's hands, which were usually very stable because of alchemy, began to tremble. He couldn't even hold the letter that he valued so much, and it was blown away by a light breeze.
When Master Shui raised his head and looked at this exquisite courtyard again, he found that this courtyard, which used to provide him with comfort and comfort, had now become a prison, a prison that restricted his freedom.
The Ling family, who used to respect him and treat him with respect, had become a vicious beast that could devour him at any time.
The content of this letter was very simple — our Ling family has supported you for nearly ten years. Every year, we give you a huge amount of money, beautiful maids, and all the best daily necessities. We also provide you with a large amount of medicinal herbs to practice your alchemy skills. But what about you, Master Shui? What have you done for the Ling family?
Apart from refining a certain amount of pills every year, you haven't fulfilled any of the other promises, such as training an alchemist for the Ling family. Over the past ten years, the Ling family has sent no less than 20 talented youths to learn from you. But after wasting countless medicinal herbs, these people are still alchemists. Not a single alchemist has appeared.
As for the reason? I believe that you know, and the Ling family also knows a thing or two.
But now, you want to interfere with the Ling family's affairs? You don't even need to refine pills, and you want to leave the Ling family and find another master to threaten us? Do you think that the Ling family is a place where you can come and go as you please?
Regardless of whether you can leave the Ling family or not, even if you leave the Ling family, no matter which family you join, you will definitely be hunted down by the Ling family!
Therefore, for the sake of Grandmaster's safety, please stay in the Ling family and refine pills. However, the amount of pills you hand in every month must be increased by 30%. As long as Master Ling did his part, the Ling family wouldn't be short of any of Master Ling's supplies. Beautiful maids, food, and money, they wouldn't be short of anything!
For the sake of Grandmaster's safety, sixteen additional guards were sent to protect Grandmaster and to not leave his side at all. In addition, the entire Ling family has been reorganizing recently, so please don't go out as you please, lest the Ling family be put in a difficult position!
Grandmaster, please remember your responsibility!
At the end of the letter were the signatures of the Second Elder of the Ling family, Lao San, and the bedridden First Elder, as well as the blood-red seal of the Ling family's Elders Guild!
After staying in the Ling family for so many years, Master Shui understood that with the signatures of the three elders and the official seal of the Ling family's elders' association, this letter had become the same as the official document in the Ling family.
After being stunned for a long time, Master Shui's face turned extremely ugly. The corners of his mouth twitched, and his eyes were filled with despair. What is this? Not only did he fail to threaten me, he even became a prisoner? Is he reaping what he sowed?
At this moment, the sound of orderly footsteps came from outside the courtyard. The grey-robed servant from before quickly went out to check.
Not long after, the sound of an argument came from outside the door. Then, the grey-robed servant ran in with a red and swollen face. "Master, there are guards outside the door who said they were ordered to protect you. I didn't let them in, so he slapped me. You have to help me …"
Before the grey-clothed servant could finish his tearful complaint, a guard with a fierce expression and a murderous look strode into the room and said, "Under the orders of the Elder, I'm here to protect Master Shui. Master Shui, please cooperate with me!"
Under the grey-robed servant's shocked and terrified gaze, his master, who used to be so arrogant, suddenly fell on the rattan chair in the courtyard. He nodded dejectedly and looked at the sky that had turned gray in his eyes …
A distinguished guest in the past was now a prisoner. He regretted it so much …
A young face appeared in Master Shui's mind. It was all his fault! Master Shui roared in his mind. He clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white …
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Ling Dong held the handle of the Gang-melting Stone in his right hand and focused on controlling the alchemy formation on the cauldron. His eyes looked through the specially processed transparent crystal on the lid of the cauldron to observe the situation of the medicinal liquid in the cauldron. He constantly adjusted the temperature of the cauldron through the formation.
He saw the three clumps of medicinal liquid in the cauldron slowly fusing into one under the influence of an invisible hand. Out of the corner of his eyes, Ling Dong glanced at the green medicinal powder and yellow medicinal pieces placed in the two jade boxes to his left. His expression became even more nervous.
The remaining two medicinal essences had different requirements for the temperature of the cauldron. Under normal circumstances, he should put them into the cauldron twice. That was the safest method.
But the problem was that Ling Dong didn't have enough Gang Qi in his body. If he split it into two and continued for too long, Ling Dong's Gang Qi would be depleted and he wouldn't be able to control the alchemy formation. The result would be a failure.
The half-completed medicinal liquid would fall to the bottom of the cauldron and turn into ashes.
Ling Dong's only choice was to put the two medicinal ingredients into the cauldron at the same time. But Ling Dong was a little worried. With the Ling family's lowest level cauldron and the basic alchemy formation, would he be able to complete such a complicated operation?
But Ling Dong didn't have a choice!
Almost at the same time that he concluded that he didn't have enough Gang Qi in his body, Ling Dong's eyes narrowed. Under the control of the formation, the cauldron lid automatically slid open. His left hand skillfully picked up the two jade boxes with four fingers and nimbly poured the medicinal powder into the cauldron. Then, he focused all his attention on controlling the alchemy formation.
When the medicinal powder and medicinal powder fell into the cauldron, it was as if someone was holding them up. The green medicinal powder was fixed in the air above the cauldron, while the yellow medicinal powder suddenly sank. It was only when it was near the bottom of the cauldron where the temperature was the highest that it was held up!
Under the extremely high temperature of the cauldron and the steam from the Frigid Earth Vein Water at the bottom of the cauldron, it miraculously didn't turn into ashes. Instead, it slowly softened, and softened …
At this time, cold sweat was rolling down Ling Dong's forehead. Because he was nervous, his entire body was tense.
It was also at this time that the medicinal liquid in the middle of the cauldron that was formed from the essence of the three medicinal ingredients seemed to have been sliced by a sharp knife. It suddenly split into two, one sinking and one sinking!
Half of it slowly flew towards the green medicinal powder above the cauldron, while the other half slowly sank towards the softened yellow medicinal powder at the bottom of the cauldron. At the same time, it was holding up four portions of medicinal liquid. Ling Dong's eyes were already wide open, and the veins on his forehead were starting to bulge!
If Master Shui saw this scene, he would definitely exclaim that it was a miracle!
This situation lasted for a few seconds. When the four medicinal liquids successfully merged into two, Ling Dong inhaled a long breath of white air from his nostrils!
After this extreme operation, the next thing was relatively simple. Ling Dong controlled the alchemy formation to perfectly merge the four medicinal liquids in the cauldron, one high and one low. Then, he separately moved the two medicinal liquids to the center of the cauldron, combining them into one again!
At this time, a trace of relief appeared on Ling Dong's pale face. At this time, this small spirit gathering pill was already 70% complete. The remaining 30% was basically without any accidents.
Even so, the depletion of the spirit energy in his body still caused Ling Dong to be flustered. Before the final step of rolling the pill was completed, Ling Dong's spirit energy had also been completely depleted.
Circulating the technique that could force out one's energy, Ling Dong squeezed out the last bit of energy in his body and brought the oddly shaped medicinal cake out of the cauldron. Then, he quickly reached out with a jade spoon and caught it!
At the same time that he was feeling lucky, Ling Dong was somewhat self-deprecating. This might be the ugliest pill that he, Ling Dong, had ever refined!
Gao Yuan, who was anxiously waiting at the side, came over and carefully wiped away Ling Dong's sweat. He then handed a bowl of water to Ling Dong before asking, "Young Master, is this the pill? Why do I feel that it looks like a pig's ear?"
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PS: Sorry, I'm late again today!
My cold relapsed again. Once the effects of the IV drip wore off, I felt that I couldn't take it anymore! Helpless, I went to the IV drip this morning and rested. Only in the afternoon did I feel much better and persevered! This body is too helpless …
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